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| Selected languages: | Gelao |
| UPSID number: | 2436 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, Lati-Gelao |
| The languages has | 43 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ⁿp] [pʰ] [p] [*ⁿt] [*tʰ] [*t] [ⁿk] [kʰ] [k] [qʰ] [q] [*s] [*z] [ɕ] [ʑ] [f] [v] [x] [*ⁿts] [*tsʰ] [*ts] [ⁿcɕ] [cɕʰ] [cɕ] [*l] [w] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [ɚ] [o̞] [ä] [ɒ] [e̞i] [əu] [əɯ] [äi] [äu] [h] |
| Comments: | Gelao is spoken in Anshun Zhuangu and Bijie |
| Sources: | He Jiashan. 1983. Gelaoyu jianzhi. (Brief guide to Gelao He Jiashan. 1981. Gelaoyu Gaikuang (A Brief Description |